Musical toy



Jan. 20. 1925. 1,523,929

A. BONGIOVANNI MUSICAL TOY Filed May 8. 1923 Patented Jan. 20, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANTONIO BONGIOVANNI, OF BARNESBORO, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOB OF ONE-HALF T0 HARRY STOCKLEY, OF BARNESBORO, PENNSYLVANIA.

MUSICAL TOY.

Application filed May 8,

To 0Z6 whom 2'2? may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTONIO BoNeIovAN- NI, a citizen of the United States, residing at Barnesboro, in the county of Cambria and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Musical Toys; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention has for its object the provision of a musical toy adapted to be operated by being trundled along a surface, such as a floor or pavement, and which embodies a drum, a handle and sound producing elements, such as musical strings and pickers, the strings being mounted upon the handle and the pickers carried by the drum.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a toy of the character stated which admits of the replacement and tuning of the strings as may be necessary tomeet existing conditions and requirements.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent and suggest themselves as the nature of the invention is understood.

lVhile the drawings illustrate an embodiment of the invention it is to be understood that in adapting the same to meet different conditions and requirements, various changes in the form, proportion and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the nature of the invention.

Referring to the accompanying drawings forming a part of the application:

Figure 1 is a side view of a toy embodying the invention, the outer portion of the handle being broken away,

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the toy, and

Figure 3 is an enlarged sectional detail view of a portion of the toy.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and designated in the several views of the drawings by like reference characters.

The toy comprises a drum 1 closed at opposite ends by heads 2 in which is fitted an axle 3. A handle 4 is provided at its inner end with a fork 5, the side members of which embrace the drum and terminate in bearings G which receive the ends of the 1923. Serial No. 637,578.

axle 3. The bearings 6 extend inwardly beyond the side members of the fork 5 and engage the heads 2 of the drum 1 to maintain a fixed spaced relation between said heads and side members. Tuning pins or keys 7 are mounted in the side members of the fork and the musical strings 8, which are located at the inner sides of the side members of the fork, are attached at one end to the pins or keys and at the opposite end to the respective bearings 6. The musical strings 8 may consist of wire or other material employed in stringed musical instruments. The strings 8 clear the forked members and the heads of the drum and are adapted to be sounded by pickers 9 projecting outwardly from the heads of the drum and preferably forming a part thereof.

In practice, the drum 1 may be of cardboard or other material and the heads 2 may consist of sheet metal, portions being struck outwardly therefrom to form the pickers 9. Rotation of the drum causes the pickers 9 to engage the strings 8 and produce a musical sound in a manner well un derstood. The toy is operated by being trundled or rolled upon a surface by means of the handle 4 and the strings are picked and produce a musical sound in either direction of rotation of the drum and whether the toy is pushed or pulled, or trundled backward and forward.

lVhat is claimed is:

1. A musical toy comprising a drum having outwardly disposed. pickers at opposite ends, a handle having a fork pivotally sup porting the drum, keys on the fork members, and musical strings attached at one end to the keys and at the opposite end. to the outer or forward ends of the fork members and adapted to be tensioned by said keys and disposed in the path of the pickers on the drum to be engaged thereby.

2. A musical toy comprising a drum having pickers projecting outwardly from an end thereof, a handle provided with a fork having one side member thereof arranged in spaced relation to said end of the drum, means rotatably securing the drum to the fork and adapted to maintain said spaced relation between said end of the drum and said side member, and a musical string carried by said side member of the fork at the inner side thereof within the path of said pickers.

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side members and adapted to maintain's'aid' spaced relatlon between the ends of the drum and said side members, and musical strings carried said s de members at the inner sides thereof Within the path of said pickers. H I, V

4; A mns calto pr s ng a drum hav mg pickers pro e'c'ting otitwa'r'dly from the ends thereof and forming integral parts of said ends, a handle prkjvided with a fork having th'e sld e n'iembe'rs thereof arranged in spaced relation to'the ends of the drum,

bearings carried'by the forwardends of said side members" and extending inwardly beyond the same, an axle carried by the (lllllll and having its ends jonrnaled in said bearings, said bearings engaging the ends of the drum to maintain said spaced relation between the ends of the drum and said side members, pins carried by said side members adj ac'ent their rear ends, and musical stringsv located at the inner sides of said side members and connected to said pins and bearings Within the path of said pickers.

In testimony whereof I afiik my signature in presence, of two'witnesses.

ANTONIO BONGIOVANNT. VVitn'esses: LoUIs' LUXE'NBERG,

JOHN OR'AGo. 

